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( COPY) . 
Pasadena, California, 
PelDruary 3, 190 6* 
Smithsonian Inst. 
T)ear Sir? 
¥e have discoYered the skeleton of a 
larp-e whale "ouried in a Dog near the ocean. It 
is aliout 90 feet in length and appfirently the 
bones are well preserved. It raust have heen 
stranded centuries ago, judging \)y the location. 
WibX is it worth to take it up carefully. If if 
is not secured, it will "be carried away, piece "by 
piece. 
Very respectfully yours, 
(Signed) Milton J. Becker, 
